Julia Pierce | July 2, 2026

In a previous post written on June 19, 2026, I summarized the anomalies I found in analyzing the time punch cards provided by the County Manager’s Clerk, Heather Wright, along with the pay stubs she also provided to me.

It is imperative for me to reiterate that I am not accusing the road employees of stealing time. I have no evidence of that. What I do have evidence of is the county underpaying or overpaying our road employees based upon their own documentation provided to me by them through an open records request. It would be unwise of me to believe that every employee compares their hours worked and time paid by what they provided by their time punches. They should be able to trust that they are paid for what they worked.

On July 1, 2026, I provided the pay stubs, time punch cards, and the excel formula calculations for the appropriate time and pay that each road employee should have received for the pay period that covered March 1, 2026 through March 15, 2026.

Below is a recap of the anomalies I observed from the next pay period that covered March 16, 2026 through March 28, 2026.

Anomalies Observed

March 1 5 – March 28

• Certain employees were overpaid by cumulative total of $26.78.
• Certain employees were shorted a cumulative total of $330.50.

Anomalies by Employee

Anthony Allen

Anthony was shorted $9.00 for OT hours he worked.

Using the same calculations that I used in the previous week’s calculations, you can see that Anthony worked 42.72 hours the first week and 42.83 hours the second week. This entitled him to receiving 5.55 hours of overtime, but he was only paid for 5.25 hours. I multiplied the .30 hours he was shorted by his rate for OT, which is $30.00. Therefore, the county shorted him $9.00.

Jonathan Allen

Johnathan was overpaid $12.38 for .33 hours that he did not work.

Using the same calculations, to include subtracting the 30 minute lunch break for each day, Johnathan worked a total of 84.73 hours for both weeks and the $50 stipend for each day that he was on-call. Therefore, Johnathan was entitled to 4.73 hours of overtime. The county paid him for 5.06 hours of overtime, which is .33 more than what he should have been paid to work. I multiplied .33 by his OT rate of $37.50, which is $12.38.

Roy Deal

Roy was overpaid $3.90 for .10 hours of OT he did not work.

Once more, using the same calculations, Roy worked a total of 42.35 hours the first week and 42.53 hours the second week, 8 of which was sick time he used. Therefore, Roy is not eligible to earn OT for the hours over 40 he worked that second week.

The total for his OT hours is 2.35 from the first week, but the county paid him for 2.45 hours. I multiplied .10 hours, which is the difference, by his OT rate of $39.00, which is $3.90.

Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah was overpaid $4.20 for .10 hours he did not work.

Using the same calculations, the total hours worked for both weeks is 84.95. This entitled Jeremiah to 4.95 hours of OT; however, he worked for 2 hours of on call time on Mill Pond Rd and worked 2 hours of on call time on Power Station Rd, which is not indicated separately on his pay stub, but is accurately factored into his OT. This entitled him to 4 hours of OT pay. Therefore, I added the 4 hours to the 4.95 of OT for his weekly hours worked, which is 8.95 hours. The county paid him for 9.05 hours, which is .10 hours more than what he worked.

I multiplied .10 by his OT rate of $42.00, which is an overpayment by the county to Jeremiah in the amount of $4.20.

Eric O’Neal

Eric was overpaid $3.90 for .10 hours of OT he did not work, but Eric was also NOT paid his $50.00 per day stipend for being on-call on March 21, 2025 and March 22, 2026. His time card indicates that he was on call for both of those days and by the admission of Heather Wright, our road employees are paid this stipend when they are on call. They are required to put their day on hold for any personal business they would want to or need to perform, so that they are available when they are needed. Therefore, Eric should have been compensated, and he was not.

Using the same calculations, Eric worked a total of 84.83 hours, but since he took sick time in the second week, he is only entitled to 2.32 hours of OT for the hours he worked during the week. The county paid him for 2.42 hours, which is .10 hours over what he worked. I multiplied .10 by his OT rate of $39.00, which is $3.90 that the county overpaid him.

Anthony Tyler

Once again, Anthony Tyler was NOT paid for his OT. Anthony worked 5.9 hours of OT, which is $221.50 that he was shorted for this pay period.

Using the same calculations, Anthony worked a total of 90.82 hours, but because he used 8 hours of sick time in the second week of the pay period, he was not entitled to OT for that week. It is the first week’s OT that he is entitled to receive and yet he didn’t receive that pay.

I multiplied 5.90 hours by his OT rate of $37.50, which is $221.50.

Why has the county NOT paid Anthony Tyler for his OT?

Ronald White

Ronald was overpaid $2.40 by the county for OT he did not work.

Using the same calculations, Ronald worked a total of 90.37 hours, 10.37 of which count as OT. The county paid him for 10.47 hours, which is .10 hours more than he worked.

I multiplied .10 by his OT rate, which is $24.00 to get the overpayment total of $2.40.

Summary

Certain employees were overpaid by $26.78 and certain employees were shorted a cumulative total of $330.50.

Over four consecutive weeks, overpayments of $66.70 to certain employees have been made by the county and shortages of $849.09 have NOT been paid to these employees by the county.

Anthony Tyler has for the second consecutive pay period NOT received any pay for his OT. That total is $724.00.

Once again, the question to be asked is why do the totals provided by the employees to the county not match what the county has entered for these employees?

Is this a pattern of behavior by the county? Is the county personnel responsible for entering time inept?

Stay tuned for the next publication which will break down each employee’s hours and pay for the pay period that covered March 29, 2026 through April 11, 2026.

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